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25 Sales Experts on the Importance of Coaching Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

According to the search results inside this blog, I have written on the topic of coaching salespeople more than 400 times or 25% of my articles. Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. Sales Managers don’t want to coach because it takes away from personal sales.

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Baseball, The Toad and Coaching Unresponsive Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

I used to coach, not as a dad who was the baseball equivalent of a boy scout troop leader, but I actually coached. ” The pitcher’s response to my coaching was consistent with salespeople who only APPEAR to be responsive to coaching. They agree with the coaching but fail to execute.

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Incentive Program FAQs

Sales and Marketing Management

Q: Why not use quota as a bar to require reps to pass before they’re eligible to earn in the incentive program? Isn’t my objective to grow sales or meet the numbers handed down to me from senior leadership? The bottom 10 reps – your laggards – need coaching, or they need an escort off the team. Confidence.

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G.I. Joe and your sales incentive

Sales and Marketing Management

Simply sending an email announcement of your next incentive to make the reps aware of the program will not maximize results. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results. Coach them. Train them.

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Coach The Mindset

The Pipeline

No doubt there may be other incentives or ways to prime the pump, be that money or title; but for the most part, those have short-lived impacts, with minor if any lasting change. The old saying is true here too, for new reps or experienced reps who have never been coached before, as a leader, you can help them change their mindset.

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Founder Q&A Series: Incentives and Compensation Structure

Sales Hacker

Spiff budget for monthly incentives/contests (keeps it fun). Cost of living limits incentive %. Stephen Farnsworth , Head of GTM at Stealth Startup : SDR comp – commission should be 90+% based on things the SDR can control…booking a qualified meeting that is accepted into pipeline. Measured by qual opportunities per month.

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Meet the Spiff Team: Chapter Nine

The Spiff Blog

Whether you’re a Spiff blog regular or a first-time visitor, we’re thrilled to have you here for our latest installment of our Meet the Team series. This series gives you the chance to meet the faces behind Spiff—the dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to shape our product and company. Welcome, readers!

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